Jason West (born March 26, 1977[1]) is an American politician who served as mayor of the village of New Paltz, New York, from January 1, 2003, to May 31, 2007, and again from June 1, 2011, to May 31, 2015.

[2] After running as a protest candidate for the New York State Assembly in 2000 and 2002 on the Green Party ticket, West was elected mayor of New Paltz in 2003.

On March 2, he was charged with 19 misdemeanor counts of "solemnizing marriages without a license" by Ulster County District Attorney Donald Williams.

On June 6, Ulster County Supreme Court Judge Michael Kavanagh made the injunction permanent.

[10] As mayor, West took part in the creation of the United Nations Urban Environmental Accords in San Francisco in the Spring of 2005.

West requested another $13,000 raise in 2013 but instead had his salary returned to the $22,500 level in a revised budget passed 4–0 by the board, with the mayor absent from voting.